The Arms of the Infinite: Elizabeth Smart and George Barker - Softcover

Christopher Barker (author)

 
9781554582709: The Arms of the Infinite: Elizabeth Smart and George Barker
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1554582709 ISBN 13: 9781554582709
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker's parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair.

He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling, falling-down house in Essex. Interesting and charismatic figures from the literary and art worlds are regular visitors, and the book is full of fascinating cameos and anecdotes.

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About the Author

Primarily a photographer, Christopher Barker is also a writer, whose article Life at Tilty Mill, featured in Granta (2002), formed the basis for this book. The Arms of the Infinite was first published in the United Kingdom in 2006.

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Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1554582709
ISBN 13 
9781554582709
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
258

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